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SMBA6004: Financial Management

2024 unit information

This unit of study will provide students with insight and understanding of the role that financial management can play in developing and executing effective strategies for change. Drawing on research in finance and management accounting, this unit of study will give students an understanding of key financial management tools and techniques that can be used to drive and support change and give them the opportunity to apply these financial management tools to real-world case studies. In addition, students enrolled in this unit of study will have the opportunity to gain practical insights from leading industry practitioners, including CFOs, into the financial management practices they use in their organisations.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Management Education

Code SMBA6004
Academic unit Management Education
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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SMBA6001
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. evaluate the effectiveness of financial decisions made within the firm
  • LO2. incorporate sound financial decision making practices into business planning
  • LO3. understand the relationship between managerial decision making and the creation of value.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney
Session 2 Early Census 2024
Block mode Castlereagh St, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2020
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney
Intensive July 2020
Block mode Castlereagh St, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal evening Remote
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Castlereagh St, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Semester 1 2022
Normal evening Remote
Outline unavailable
Session 2 Early Census 2022
Block mode Castlereagh St, Sydney
Session 2 Early Census 2022
Block mode Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney
Semester 2 2023
Normal evening Castlereagh St, Sydney

Modes of attendance (MoA)

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